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Posted: 6/12/2006 10:34:39 AM EDT
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I’m not sure this is the appropriate forum but I’m hoping one of the pros can step in and help me out. I’ve designed a small tool and am looking in to having it made. I’ve got a local metal shop that’s in the process of getting me a quote and they say they can handle the hardening that needs to take place but I’m on my own for finish. I’d like to have them parkerized and would like some idea of what I might need to pay to have it done or whether it’s worth buying the equipment and doing it myself. Basically it’s an 8” X 1.5” X ¼” piece of steel and I hope to be doing them in batches of 50 to 100. Any idea what this should cost me to farm out? I’ve read about parkerizng and understand I need “tanks” and a heat source. Frankly this doesn’t sound like something I should be setting up in my basement. Is doing it myself something I should look in to or a really bad idea? TIA Steve Battlecloth |
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Stick Thanks for the response and I think you're right, I just need to ask around and get some numbers. It's going to be tight, since the low quanitites I'm looking at means the cost per piece is relatively high. Anything I can do to keep the price down can only help. Steve Battlecloth |
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I tried to think of who I still knew in PA that might be able to point you in the right direction, or give you some local intel, but its been too long since I've spent much time out there. Your pieces are large enough that it won't be easy to work a bunch of them without getting into serious size containers. There may be an easy way of layering them, but I can't think of it off the top of my head. I know of people who have used SS, but I don't know how well a SS mesh would work or if it would deter the process where there was contact with your parts. If my brain starts working, I'll repost and get you better info. In the mean time, hopefully someone else will have a better solution than me. |
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gunblack.com/ Great service and the shipping shouldn't be bad for you in PA. Fast turn around time too. They do the park for Colt and Ithaca. They parked 2 rifles for me for $45 each (I did the strip and prep) |
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How about K-Phos from Gun-Kote? Supposedly it is spray-on, room temp and let dry. LINK
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Black oxide will probably b a lot cheaper, and I bet you can find a local machine shop that has a source to have it done. |
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